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musta’ār (pass. part. of استعار 'to ask or demand a loan, or the loan' (of a thing), x of عار (for عور ); but prob. fr. ‘ārīyat, 'a loan'), part. adj. Borrowed; sought, or obtained, as a loan or trust;—passed from hand to hand;—used metaphorically (a word, or phrase):—musta’ār denā, v.t. To give on loan, to lend for use:—musta’ār lenā, v.t. To obtain or take as a loan or trust; to borrow.
Origin: Arabic